This morning Timothy, Kandie, and I traveled east of Yendi on the Gnani Road to visit the congregation at Bitamando in the village of Tamanbiya. The last six to seven miles of the drive is mud road which really slowed… Continue Reading →

As soon as we saw Osman here this morning we left the compound.  Osman is the guy that sprays the trees and I didn’t want to be around while he was spraying.  The chemicals are very strong.  Nazo, the day… Continue Reading →

We left the mission house this morning shortly before 8:00 headed to Tamale.  It is time to renew the Child Center’s certificate with Social Welfare.  The report has to be given to the ministries in Accra.   When we flew in… Continue Reading →

Steve has gone to get some diesel for the generator.  The electricity went off last night and we were so proud to be able to go out and start the generator.   Such a pleasure not to have to sleep in… Continue Reading →

A new malnourished / low weight baby came to the Child Center this morning.  This was a Falani baby; the Falani are the nomadic people that herd cattle.  They take care of other people’s cattle.  They get to milk the… Continue Reading →

We got 2 more loads of clothes washed!  The sun was out most of the morning.  We also got the corn and soybeans washed and dried.  The grain will be turned into weaning mix. First thing this morning Zorash and… Continue Reading →

As soon as we got up this morning I put in a load of clothes, before the rinse cycle started it began to rain.  I wanted to wash a bunch of clothes today but where to hang them is a… Continue Reading →

On our first Sunday back in Yendi we made a 2 hour trip south to the village of Jakpumba in the Nanumba District. Timothy Niligrini and Brother Francis from Duuni had planned to go to the village today without us… Continue Reading →

The man from the Agriculture office has been coming for the past 3 weeks to spray the big mango tree.  This is the 3rd year in a row he has sprayed the tree.  He thinks that the problem with the tree… Continue Reading →

We didn’t have to get up as early this morning because our only objective was to get to the domestic side of the Accra airport for our flight to Tamale at 11:30.  It was a few minutes before 9am when… Continue Reading →